Receptacle



April 25, 1933.

P. E WAEHNER REQEPTACLE Filed 001:. 23, 1931 Patented Apr. '25, 1933UNITED STATES PATENT yOFFICE RECEPTACLE Application led October 28,1931. Serial` No. 570,697.

This invention relates to receptacles such as garbage and ash cans whichare subjected to rough usage, the object being to prevent loss of thecover for the receptacle and provide means whereby the cover will bealways retained in proper relation to the receptacle. Garbage and ashcans are usually provided with covers which fit closely thereto butwhich are removed by collectors and handled carelessly, being many timesthrown upon the ground so that they are soon battered and damaged andrendered unfit for further use. If the covers do not lit closely uponthe receptacles, they may be knocked off by marauding animals and thecontents scattered, which produces an, unsightly as Well as unsanitarycondition of yards. The present invention seeks particularly to so mounta cover upon a receptacle that it may be lifted from the receptacle, butcannot be entirely removed therefrom, and, when released, will beautomatically drawn into position over the receptacle. The invention isillustrated in the accompanying drawing and will be hereinafter fullyset forth and defined.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustratin` one embodiment of theinvention,

ig. 2 is a sectional elevation of a portion of a receptacle havinganother form of the invention applied thereto,

Fig. 3 is a detail slowing an application of the invention to an ash caThe body 1 of the can may be of the usual cylindrical form and providedat diametrically opposite points with lugs 2 in which the ends of a bailor carrying handle 3 are pivoted. This carrying handle or bail 3 may 40be extended vertically above the receptacle, as shown in the drawing, ormay be swung over the one side, in a well known manner, and the sidemembers of the same pass slidably through lugs 4 disposed at oppositepoints upon the rim of the cover 5. In the form of the invention shownin Fi 1, expansiorsprings 6 are mounted upon t e sides of the nail 3between the lugs 4 and the upper member of the bail so that, when thecov- 0 er is raised, the springs will be compressed and will immediatelyexpand and return the cover to a position over the receptacle when thecover is released. The cover is provided with a handle 7 upon its upperside, at its center, which may be of any well known form and is shown inthe drawing as a raised central portion of a strap which conforms to thecover and extends across the same and is riveted thereto, as indicatedat 8, the ends of the strap projecting beyond the rim of the cover andconstituting the lugs 4, as will be understood.

From what has been said, it will be seen that I have provided anexceedingly simple device whereby, when the cover is placed in positionupon a receptacle, it will be held in place and cannot be removed bymarauding animals, and to be removed must be subjected to a liftingforce opposed to the springs 6. Inasmuch as the cover is slidabl mountedupon the bail 3, it cannot be entirely separated from the receptacleand, therefore, cannot be tossed upon the ground and battered. A

In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 2,-the receptacle l and thecover 5 are of the same form as illustrated in Fig. 1 but the lugs 9 onthe side of the receptacle are somewhat longer than the lugs 2, shown inFig. 1, v so that they extend outwardly beyond the so ends of the bail 3which is pivoted to the lugs. An opening 10 is formed through theextremity of each lug 9 and a retractile sprin 11 has its lower endengaged through said opening and its upper end engaged with theextremity of the strap or handle which is secured upon the cover. Thestrap 12 corresponds to the strap which is secured across the cover andhas the same central raised portion as shown at 7, in Fig. 1. Theextremities of the strap 12 are somewhat elongated and are each providedwith an inner opening 13 through which the sides of the bail 3 pass andare suitably constructed at their extremities to receive the upper endsof the springs 11, as will be understood. In the first-described form,,the springs push the cover back to the receptacle while, in the formshown in Fig. 2. the springs pull theV cover back to the receptacle. 10

Figs. 1 and 2 show the invention applied to a. garbage can, while Fig. 3shows a. ortionof an ash can having theusual 'fting handles 16 on itssides. At opposite olnts of the cover 17 are extensions or pro- )ections18 and on the/,sides of the can are opposite lugs 19 which are disposedabove the handles 16 so as to avoid interference therewith. Retractilesprings 2O are atm tached to and extend between the lugs 19 and the"extensions 18 to yieldably hold the cover to the can.

Having thus described the invention, I claim,

15 The combination of a receptacle, lugs projecting from the sides ofthe same at dametrically opposite points thereof, a bail pivot-ed at itsends in said lugs, a, cover tted to the receptacle, lugs projecting fromthe 20 cover at diametrically opposite points thereof and slidablyengaging the sides of the bail,

' and expansion springs fitted upon the sides of the bail betweensaidlugs and the cross bar of the bail.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

` PAUL E. WAEHNER. [1.. s.]

